This updated edition of Abigail Gehring's popular guide provides plenty of inspiration and instruction for a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle. Here are hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations to help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make such treats as Blueberry Peach Jam and Cheddar Cheese. Here too are instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead, and tips for old-fashioned fun—square dancing calls, homemade toys, and wilderness camping.